## **Torbay Ladies’ Lounge Trustee’s Annual Report 2023-2024** The Trustees of Torbay Ladies’ Lounge are pleased to present their report together with the audited accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2024. ## **Administrative Details** The reference and administration information about the charity, its Trustees and Advisors are set out as follows: Charity Number: CIO 1171754 Charity Address for correspondence Torbay Ladies’ Lounge **8 Leys Road Torquay TQ2 6ED** |**Trustees**||**Term**| |---|---|---| |Ros Ede|(re-appointed 23.2.2021) Chair|4 years| |Rosie Wilkinson|(appointed 1.2.2020)|3 years| |Ian Deakin|(re-appointed 23.2.2022)|3 years| |Sylvie Hynes|(appointed 1.5.2021)|3 years| |Sylvia Bevis|(appointed 1.5.21)|3 years| ## **Governance** The Ladies’ Lounge is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation), incorporated 23[rd] February 2017. All Trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits. ## **Objects and Activities** For public benefit, to relieve the needs of women in the Torbay area who are, may become or have been engaged in sex working; street sleeping; domestic violence; suffering with mental health problems or victims of substance misuse issues by working in accordance with Christian principles to provide support, funds, goods or services and signposting to appropriate services to enable them to become aware of alternative possibilities for their lives. In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. As mentioned in our Plans for the Future in last year’s report. - We have continued to advertise our service to statutory services, doctors, clients and volunteers. - The move we made to the new location in September 2022, has continued to be a great advantage in delivering support to our ladies, especially as there are numerous beneficial links with Upton Vale Baptist Church. - After working on the Standing Tall Partnership agreement document, we decided not to be part of this group. - We have continued to attend DA Forums and events held in Torbay - Craft continue to help a lot of our ladies and provide hours of enjoyment. - We are met weekly with very challenging situations and have a great team to deal sensitively with this. We liaise with other local agencies to support. - Our Project Manger runs a employment programme and 3 ladies are joining this Spring 2024. Our numbers have seen a constant increase since the start of 2022 and we have continued to be a listening ear service speaking to women survivors who cannot attend the sessional work. Regular calls are made until the ladies themselves feel confident enough to join our sessions. Our ladies continue to enjoy the Creative Writing sessions and the many craft activities we run weekly. These therapies and craft/sewing sessions have helped our ladies to relax and learn new coping skills. We have seen many Ladies grow in confidence and self worth. At present we have 17 volunteers and training and supervision is ongoing. During 2023-2024 we have had 1050 attendees, 80 new Referrals (either supported by telephone or attending the sessions) and served 1050 hot snack lunches. Our volunteers have given 1895 hours. ## **Comments from some of our Ladies** - The team are so friendly, always take time to listen - A safe place to attend and leave feeling so much better - A warm and inviting venue. Cosy feeling - Look forward to coming to the group - My confidence has grown so much - I don’t know where I would be without this support - I do not think I would be alive today without this group - Volunteers and staff are friendly and do what they say they will do ## **Financial Review** ## **Principal sources of funding in 2023-2024** - 1 Grants - 2 Individual donations - 3 Gift Aid Reclaimed ## **Reserves Policy** We hold unrestricted balances at the Bank of approximately £12476 which are held to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur. This represents approximately 12 months of our usual expenditure. ## **Plans for the future** Torbay Ladies’ Lounge will continue with the following goals: - To inform all statutory agencies who use our services of our future plans - To link in with other DA Agencies and Charities to grow and support our service - To educate other communities in the area of DA - To continue to train all staff and volunteers. - To continue to secure funding - To link in with other agencies and local programmes - To encourage local fundraising support - To look for new a new Chair of Trustees and new trustees Approved by the Board of Trustees on ******* and signed on behalf Ladies’ Lounge by: Ros Ede Chair of Trustees ## **TORBAY LADIES LOUNGE CIO Charity no. 1171754** _**Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March 2024**_ |**_Receipts_**
Donations
Misc receipts
Gift Aid
Grants
**_Payments_**
DCF Feel Good
NL Community fund
Community investment fund
Comic Relief Groundworks
Equipment
Professional charges
Volunteer expenses
Courses & craft costs
Ofce overheads & premises
Refreshments
Stationery& postage
Telephone
Training
Salary costs
Travel & parking
Independent examination fee
Miscellaneous expenses
**Net Receipts**
Transfer
Add Bank at 1.4.23
Cash at Bank 31.3.24|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
**_2024_**
£
£
£
8,109
0
8,109
1,176
0
1,176
191
0
191
3000
4,000
7,000| |---|---| ||12,476
4,000
16,476| ||0
4,344
4,344
0
475
475
0
0
0
0
5,939
5,939
0
0
0
48
0
48
592
0
592
344
0
344
2,449
0
2,449
889
0
889
99
0
99
303
0
303
272
0
272
27,283
0
27,283
457
0
457
300
0
300
767
0
767| ||33,803
10,758
44,561| ||**-21,327**
**-6,758**
**-28,085**
-5,948
5,948
0
39,852
810
40,662| ||**12,577**
**0**
**12,577**| **TORBAY LADIES LOUNGE CIO Charity no. 1171754** ## _**Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st March 2024**_ |_Assets_
Cash at bank
_Debtors_
Gift aid
_Liabilities_
Creditors
Independent examination fee|12,577
0
0
0|**_2024_**
12,577| |---|---|---| |||0| _**Note**_ The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on the assets of the Total _**2023**_ £ 1,945 292 685 8412 11,334 7,190 7,360 10,000 378 390 915 1,375 2,285 1,068 294 427 354 1,898 587 0 417 34,938 **-23,604** 0 64,266 **40,662** 2023 40,662 cio.